CLASS - WICKES (LITTLE) Built to a different set of plans (Bethlehem) than the Wickes (Bath) the Little versions were
considered less successful than the Bath designed ships, with few remaining in service past 1936.
Displacement 1,154 Tons, Dimensions, 314' 5" (oa) x 31' 8" x 9' 10" (Max)
Armament 4 x 4"/50, 2 x 1pdr AA (1 x 3"/23AA In Some Ships), 12 x 21" tt..
Machinery, 24,200 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 35 Knots, Crew 103.Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Union Iron Works, San Francisco on December 9 1918.
Launched May 16 1919 and commissioned January 8 1920.
Decommissioned May 27 1922, Recommissioned August 29 1940.
Reclassified High Speed Minesweeper DMS-8 November 19 1940.
Reclassified Auxiliary AG-107 June 5 1945.
Decommissioned October 11 1945.
Stricken January 3 1946.Fate Sold October 26 1946 to Luria Brothers, Philadelphia and broken up for scrap.

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John Stansbury, born in Baltimore, Maryland, served in the United States Navy during the War of 1812. He served under Decatur as a midshipman in United States during the capture of the British ship, Macedonian. He was killed during the Battle of Lake Champlain on 11 September 1814. Photo #: NH 1295, USS United States vs. HMS Macedonian, 25 October 1812. Engraving after William Strickland. This action resulted in the capture of the British frigate, which was then taken into the U.S. Navy as USS Macedonian. Courtesy of the New-York Historical Society, collection of the Naval History Society, 1935. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.